In just six hours, Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) dumped a month's worth of rainfall in Manila and surrounding areas, displacing 300,000 residents.

MANILA, Philippines - In just six hours, Typhoon Ondoy did its work.

More than 80 percent of the capital of Manila has been flooded. An estimated 300,000 residents are displaced. Entire communities are underwater.

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“This is the Katrina of the Philippines,” said Dr. Kim, OBI’s country director for the Philippines.

“Almost a month's worth of rainfall has submerged riverbank cities like Marikina and Pasig, and buried neighboring cities and provinces under ravaging floodwaters, putting the whole region under a state of calamity,” she said.

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are mobilizing food and clean water distributions, deploying medical teams to hardest-hit areas.

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are mobilizing food and clean water distributions, deploying medical teams to hardest-hit areas and partnering with local churches to help with flood clean-up and recovery efforts.

Already, teams have partnered with local churches to help feed more than 5,000 affected residents and will continue to expand relief efforts to reach more victims.

“Cainta, a town in Eastern Rizal is still underwater and has not been helped. Our teams will have to walk through the floodwaters to see the situation,” Dr. Kim said. “Any financial help and assistance we can get will help us in our efforts to reach these victims.”

HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help by making an online donation toward OBI's disaster relief efforts. With your support, we can continue to provide emergency relief and recovery. Please make an on-line donation today.

 

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